My co-author for our upcoming book, The K-5 Global Education Toolkit (yes – it’s going to be AWESOME!), Becky Morales, has compiled an amazing list of Spring Traditions Around the World, housed at her fabulous blog, kidworldcitizen.org. Here’s a link to the post, http://kidworldcitizen.org/2013/04/12/spring-traditions-around-the-world/, which includes: European Mama’s wonderful list of Polish traditions The Educators’…
Britain’s Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher, passed away today at the age of 87. As in her life, her death is sparking strong opinions and controversy. I saw a post by my friend Mike Raye on Facebook which made me think how complicated global issues as well as each of our lives can be – that…
I love the start of spring, particularly as it marks one of my all-time favorite holidays, Naw Ruz (which also has dozens of spellings). Here’s what I wrote about it for the Huffington Post: Nowruz is the primary holiday for Persians, and it is the only holiday celebrated by all Persians, of every religious background,…
If you’re in the Palo Alto, CA vicinity on Thursday, March 7, please consider joining me for a discussion on raising global kids and Growing Up Global! This is free and open to the public, with book signing and international treats from the PTA to follow. Thanks to the great community at Ohlone Elementary in…
I’ll be in the San Francisco Bay area March 7-12, with the visit revolving around the annual meeting and professional development day of the California Association of Independent Schools. If you’re attending the Northern Regional Meeting, please consider joining my workshop! Here’s the info: March 11, 2013 Global Education “How-To’s” to Foster World-Class Learning Workshop…
I was riveted by Keith Bradsher’s NY Times piece on the front page of the print version of the paper today: In China, Families Bet It All on College for Their Children. Through the journey of one family’s incredible, heart-wrenching sacrifices that the Times has been tracking for seven years, the piece showed how millions…
